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Karol Kucera
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 167 		Plays: Right-handed
Career Titles: 4 		Birthplace: Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Birthdate: March 4, 1974


Career Highlights

1998

  • His finest season to date as a professional, finishing in the Top 10 for the first time, winning two titles in four finals and notching a career-best 53 match victories.

  • Qualified for his first ATP Tour World Championship but did not win a match in three tries.

  • Reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open.

  • Earned a personal-best $1,402,557.

    1997

  • The No. 1 Slovak for sixth consecutive year compiled his best season and finished in the Top 25 for first time.

  • Captured his second ATP title (Ostrava) and reached two other finals (Nottingham, Stuttgart-outdoor).

    1996

  • Reached third round of the Australian Open, a career-best at a Grand Slam.

    1995

  • Won in Rosmalen for first ATP title.


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